If you have been following the Republican presidential race, you have probably heard a lot of talk, especially from folks like Ron Paul, about less government and the supremacy of individual rights. The push for all of those principles was apparent Dec. 8 at a raw milk rally in Chicago.

If you’ve dined out in the past five years, chances are you’ve ordered from menus annotated with references to where the food came from: short ribs from Dietzler Farms in Elkhorn, Wisconsin; lettuce from Farmer Vicki of Genesis Growers in St. Anne, Illinois; and so on.